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STRAP END
Unique ID: IOW-37B20E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap-end (c. 1350-c. 1400).
The strap-end is sub-rectangular in plan and has a small pointed knop at the terminal end. The strap-end is formed of two sheet metal plates. A circular rivet hole contains the remains of a copper-alloy rivet at the attachment end. There appears to be no rivet at the terminal end, so the plates are likely to be soldered together. The front plate has inscribed saltires forming lozenges.
There is a patchy green patina but some of the surface is matt brown and light green.
Length: 54.2mm; width: 14.0mm; thickness: 2.6mm; diameter of rivet hole: 2.1mm. Weight: 9.48g.
For a similar strap end see Egan & Pritchard 1991, page 139, fig. 90, ref: 640, which dates c.1350-1400 AD.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 1991. Dress Accessories: Medieval finds from excavations in London: 3. London: HMSO.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.2 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 9.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th June 2018 - Thursday 7th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-4-10
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books | 139, fig. 90 | 640 |
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